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A. D. FIELD. CURTAIN HOLDER. No. 424,410. Patented Mar. 25, 1890.

mmummn mumflmmn m 523. 27731 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT D. FIELD, OF VVATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE GLOBE CURTAIN POLE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CURTAIN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,410, dated March. 25, 1890.

Application filed. November 30, 1888. Serial No. 292,301. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, ALBERT D. FIELD, of \Vaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain- Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,'and exact description. of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in curtain-holders.

Hitherto curtains, portieres, and similar drapings have been looped up by means of wire; and my present invention consists in ornamenting such wire curtain-holders with various forms of showy flexible material, such, for example, as ribbons of silk, satin, or of even less delicate and costly material, such as cotton or woolen cloth, arranged in fantastic and artistic bows, rosettes, tassels, balls, or similar forms.

\Vith this end in view my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of part-s as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows the preferred form of holder. Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5illustrate several different samples of wire employed.

In Fig. 1, A A represent a pair of twisted coils or spirals of wire folded into loops and attached together by a bow or rosette B of ribbon. The ends 0. of these coils or spirals are brought together and inserted in tips C C, respectively, together with ends D of the ribbon-rosette. Out of these tips eyelets E project, and said eyelets loosely hold the rings F, by which the holders are supported on nails or hooks.

Not only may the wire be washed or colored to imitate gold, silver, nickel, bronze, or other costly metals, but they may be made in fiat or oval shape, or in various other shapes and designs, as indicated in the drawings.

The holder may also be variously ornamented and decorated by any upholsterin g material, such as tinsel, thread or cord, tassels, chenille, balls, or cords, as well as by the strip or ribbons, as herein described.

It is evident that slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not wish to limit myself to the precise construction herein set forth but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, a curtain holder consisting of two Wire loops, ribbons for connecting the two loops, and tips carrying rings secured to the free ends of the curtain-loops, substantially as set forth.

2 As a new article of manufacture, a curtain-holder consisting of two independent wires, the free ends of each of which are connected. to a tip, and an ornamental device connecting the two Wires at or near their cen= ters and spreading them apart into loop form, portions of said ornamental device being extended in reverse directions and secured at opposite ends of the holder, substantially as set forth.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a curtain-holder consisting, essentially, of two distinct wires, the free ends of each of which are connected by a tip, an ornamental device connecting the two wires at or near their centers and spreading them apart into loop form, and a ribbon extending from one tip to the other, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specificationin the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' ALBERT D. FIELD.

Witnesses:

WM. M. GILLETTE, Cans. W. GILLETTE. 

